[Fury]

I think Bioware should have spent extra six months working on DA2. There's definitely a lot of potential in there, but it just seems rushed. Doesn't mean DA2 is bad, but it's definitely mediocre. Some things are better than in DA:O, some worse, but total sum of everything is less than DA:O in my opinion. I think we all would expect better from Bioware, I don't think involvement with EA has been so rosy.

I'm still enjoying my first playthrough though, but I doubt I'll be playing again anytime soon. Then again, I only finished DA:O once and I still don't want to play it again. Same can be said for ME1 and ME2, so...

[Ransom]

Yeah, it definitely feels half-cooked. They've actually done well for a year and a half, but there's a lot of opportunities they clearly planned to explore but just didn't have the time.

Suddenly I'm concerned about ME3's 2011 release date.

[BrotherBryon]

As am I but there is some hope. I'm pretty sure work began on ME3 just as they finished up ME2 , at that point bioware already knew there would be a ME3 where as they didn't know just how successful DAO would be and whether or not a sequel would be in the franchise's future.

[Ransom]

That's still under two years, which is not a long time in game development.

[General Battuta]

I wonder how much of this we can blame on TOR. Are they under significantly financial pressure as a result of that development?

[mxlm]

I wonder what Bioware is going to look like after TOR inevitably crashes and burns and loses EA umpity million dollars.

Suddenly I'm concerned about ME3's 2011 release date.

Different teams. The Effect folks put out their first game in 11/07 and its sequel in 1/09. The third installment will be out Q4/11, which seems about the same development time as 2 got. A bit less, but not much less.

[Ransom]

If that was the case it'd be fine, but ME2 was released in January 2010.

[mxlm]

....

I hate you.

Or myself. I think it's myself. Excuse me while I go cry myself to sleep.

[starbug]

I got the signature editon for PC yesterday, from Amazon for £24.99 and i have to day for that price, its a good game and i am really enjoying it! i played it for 8 hours and loved it so far. Yes i do agree the endless waves of enemies gets a bit repetitive and the inventory isn't as good as the first on. Apart from that though i really like it, well apart from the giant spiders with the PC visual upgrade set, (I'm Arachnophobia and they send shivers down me )

[General Battuta]

Apparently you can increase a character's armor infinitely by switching between two shields in the inventory screen 

[Dark RevenantX]

If that was the case it'd be fine, but ME2 was released in January 2010.

So ME2 had 26 months to be made and ME3 (December 2011) will have had 21 months.  It's not that bad.

[TrashMan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMcVZQI6ybw

[Ransom]

So ME2 had 26 months to be made and ME3 (December 2011) will have had 21 months.  It's not that bad.

The longer the better as far as I'm concerned, but I suppose not. They did mention things would be simpler since they wouldn't need to worry about remembering decisions.

[General Battuta]

I hope so...I was overjoyed when DX:HR was delayed because those extra months often mean the difference between a good game and a great one.

EDIT: unless you're alpha protocol in which case they make the difference between a buggy great game and a buggy great game that shouldn't have been buggy

[StarSlayer]

I hope so...I was overjoyed when DX:HR was delayed because those extra months often mean the difference between a good game and a great one.

Yeah most of the previews have left me anticipating a great game in the making so any delays spent spit shining it is time well spent as far as I'm concerned.

[mxlm]

The longer the better as far as I'm concerned, but I suppose not. They did mention things would be simpler since they wouldn't need to worry about remembering decisions.

Wut?

[General Battuta]

The longer the better as far as I'm concerned, but I suppose not. They did mention things would be simpler since they wouldn't need to worry about remembering decisions.

Wut?

Mass Effect 3 concludes the trilogy, so there's no need to worry about carrying decisions over to ME4.

I am hearing rumblings that there have been significant changes made to the plot in the novels which may bode ill for ME3, though.

[Fury]

Apparently you can increase a character's armor infinitely by switching between two shields in the inventory screen 

Are you trolling? It's a game, games have bugs and most will be fixed in due time. It's like you're purposefully trying to diminish DA2 and find faults so that you can justify saying it's really bad and skip getting it.

[mxlm]

Mass Effect 3 concludes the trilogy, so there's no need to worry about carrying decisions over to ME4.

I see, I thought he was referring to ME3 not using ME2 saves or some such thing, which made me raise an eyebrow. And also feel dumb now. I'll go cry myself to sleep again.

[General Battuta]

Apparently you can increase a character's armor infinitely by switching between two shields in the inventory screen 

Are you trolling? It's a game, games have bugs and most will be fixed in due time. It's like you're purposefully trying to diminish DA2 and find faults so that you can justify saying it's really bad and skip getting it.

Good point, Fury, gameplay-breaking bugs that you could easily trigger while performing ordinary actions are never a sign of a rushed or low-quality project by a troubled studio. FreeSpace 2 would still be a great game if you made yourself invulnerable by switching between secondary banks too many times.

Where are my $60, you've convinced me to buy it right now!